New Patient Registration

The doctors welcome new patients who live within our practice area. As it often takes sometime for records to be forwarded from your former practice all newly registered patients will be asked to complete a health questionnaire and asked to have a new patient consultation with the doctor and nurse. Reception staff will ask you to attend a short time prior to your health screening so that registration is carried out correctly. You will be asked to bring proof of Identification and you will be asked about your preferences for record sharing and use of Online services. This short appointment is an important part of our registration process and helps us to tell you about the full range of services and how best to use them when needed.

Practice Area

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

Registering with the practice

If you wish to register with the practice please attend the surgery reception and complete the registration forms for us to register you correctly. We will ask you to complete a medical questionnaire for new patients as this gives us vital information about your current health and medication. We ask you to do this because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. We also offer and advise a new patient - NHS health check and if you take any repeat medications we advise a half hour new patient appointment with one of our GPs.

Temporary Registration

Although we are not a Walk-in Centre, if you have a minor injury while away from home we may be able to help you so please contact us for advice before coming to the surgery as we dont always have a GP or a nurse on the premises. If you have a minor illness, the Pharmacy across the road may be able to help with advice and over the counter medications. Our nearest Walk in Centre is provided by Fellview Health Care at Cleator Moor and it is open from 8.00am to 8.00pm and on Sat mornings to treat Temporary Residents. They prefer you to call to arrange an appointment, contact details are:

If you are staying in our area longer, you can be registered with us as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on our practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to register as a permanent patient and Reception staff can help you with this. This will allow the Doctors to access your past medical history and medication to ensure that you are treated safely by our practice.